Part 4 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “She did three months in rehab out of state. She came home and three months later she relapsed.” “We were still very lost not knowing if we were dealing with an addiction problem or a mental illness. It would...Read More

Part 3 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “It was clear at some point that she was at least using marijuana. I suspected alcohol as well but never thought it could be more than that. However, when her grades started to slip, (meaning her drug use was...Read More

Part 2 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “We thought that she mainly had issues with anxiety.” “We were concerned but had no idea what to do about it.” “At first, I attributed it to puberty hormones and teenage angst. Then I attributed it to depression… but...Read More

Part 1 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “Her personality started to change. She had been a fun loving, smiling, logical thinking teenager. She turned into a moody, easy to anger, sometimes no making sense teenager.” “Towards the latter part of her freshman year, she was hanging...Read More

Alcohol and drug use among teens is not a new phenomenon. It is also a circumstance that shakes parents to their core with fear, and with good reason. Have you ever wondered what you would do if your child was using alcohol and/or drugs? This is probably a common thought that all of us have...Read More

What I hear so often is that our teens and young adults lack confidence in themselves.  The dictionary defines confidence as having a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities. Some of our kids have anxiety and depression, in part, due to our society’s obsession with social media and smartphones. ...Read More

Hope Academy celebrated another record-breaking Taste of Hope event this year by raising over $70,000 to support students in recovery from substance abuse. The annual fundraiser, held on Feb. 24 in the Fairbanks Recovery Center, included nearly 300 guests and featured delicious cuisine and treats donated by 15 local food establishments: Arni’s Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano...Read More

Hope Academy Chief Operations Officer Rachelle Gardner and Sarah, a Hope Academy senior, were featured live on FOX59’s morning newscast on Feb. 14 to discuss the 2019 Taste of Hope fundraiser. The interview included food that will be featured at the event by some of the participating restaurants. Arni’s Restaurant brought spicy Korean meatballs and...Read More

Teens face pressure to engage in substance use in a culture where alcohol and marijuana use is more prevalent than ever, and access to intoxicating drugs is as close as the family medicine cabinet. Stigma and lack of accurate information about substance use, and substance use disorder in teens can cause more harm than good,...Read More

Sarah, a senior at Hope Academy, recently testified and shared her story of recovery at the quarterly meeting of the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse. Read this report of the meeting by WISH-TV.Read More